Repsol accelerates investment to prevent further releases in the Tarragona coast

Tarragona-Salou. Costa Dorada. The mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, praised as "positive" response from the oil company Repsol YPF after the meeting held on 17 January 2011 Port Authority of Tarragona. The president of Repsol, Antonio Brufau, has announced that planned investments will accelerate the multinational security worth 130 million euros in order to minimize the risk of spills in Tarragona, in an announcement occurs after the meeting with Mayors of Cambrils, Salou and Vila-seca Tarragona, in addition to central and regional government representatives. Brufau has advanced to the mayors that the commitment for two years to inject 50 million euros to modernize the platform 'Casablanca' and give them the instruments and mechanisms available to secure oil rigs in the modern world. In addition, Repsol will change all the pipes connecting the jetty of the port and the refinery over the next four years with an investment of more than 80 million. The mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, explained that "have also committed to increasing staff training to maximize surveillance 24 hours and create a monitoring committee. All these measures seem right to correct errors that have been repeated recently. Granados was optimistic that "corrections to avoid these and other new spill in the area."  

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